Businessman murdered in China reported on Bo Xilai.
Why 2012 turned small
The campaign seemed grotesquely bloated and all-pervasive, at the same time, miniaturized and ephemeral.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83379.html
Katie Holmes’ Subway stop suddenly gets Scientology posters
Katie, look out behind you! After escaping her marriage to Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes has been publicly showing us that she’s just a normal…
via NY Post: Page Six http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/holmes_scientology_stop_xcol2LZ7tXRuQo5OEGaBoK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Page%20Six
Instacane Brings Us ‘Amaro’ and ‘X-Pro’ Tinged Photos of Frankenstorm
It’s getting to a point where before you can claim the tumblr name for a brilliant website, meme, or app idea, the online hive mind has already beaten you to it. Instacane is the story of Hurricane Sandy, as told through Instagram photos. It’s pretty mesmerizing; I’ve been clicking refresh every minute to find out the latest. Internet, what will you think of next?
via Jezebel http://jezebel.com/5955670/instacane-brings-us-amaro-and-x+pro-tinged-photos-of-frankenstorm
Support for end to California death penalty surges
Nearly half of registered voters still back capital punishment, but the margin has shrunk to 3 percentage points. Voters also favor easing the three-strikes law.
via L.A. Times – California | Local News http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poll-death-penalty-20121026,0,7370020.story?track=rss
Bill Bain Breaks Silence
Defends Bain Capital for the first time
Apple’s Apology To Samsung: We’re Cool, You’re Not
Remember earlier this month, when Apple lost its appeal in the U.K. against Samsung for a High Court ruling earlier this year? Well, on the bottom of the home page of Apple’s U.K. website is a little linky that says “Samsung/Apple judgment.” Click on that and up comes a linguistic masterclass in how to say sorry without, um, saying, er, sorry.
The letter, which will be visible on the site for a month, starts off with the usual legal guff. And the next para is a direct quotation from the judge’s rulings. The iPad, it surmises, is a “cool design.” And then, onto the third, talking about Samsung’s products. They, apparently, “are not cool.” Then there’s more legalese, with a zinger in the final paragraph. We may have lost this one, to paraphrase Apple, but go to Germany, because that’s where Samsung were found guilty of gadget plagiarism. SO THERE. (Samsung are probably too busy celebrating record profits to care.)
Perhaps this is how they should have done it.
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Rocky Start for NY Times’ New CEO
Mark Thompson faces a contract battle at the Times, and questions over the BBC’s Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. By Daniel Gross and Michael Moynihan.
via The Daily Beast – Latest Articles http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/26/mark-thompson-new-york-times-latest-ceo-faces-rocky-start.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29
The Return of ‘The Munsters’
Jace Lacob reviews NBC’s ‘Mockingbird Lane,’ tonight’s dark remake by ‘Pushing Daisies’ guru Bryan Fuller.
via The Daily Beast – Latest Articles http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/26/mockingbird-lane-nbc-s-munsters-remake-offers-eerie-charms.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29
Evangelical Writer’s ‘Vagina’ Win
David Sessions on how Rachel Held Evans beat the evangelical decency-industrial complex in the fight over her new book.
via The Daily Beast – Latest Articles http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/26/how-rachel-held-evans-beat-the-evangelical-decency-police.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29